Shinkafi
A former Governor of Zamfara State, Mamuda Shinkafi, ex- Secretary to the Government of Zamfara State, Aminu Nahuce and Senator Hassan Nasiha, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State, have been arrested yesterday by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC for their complicity in the $115m (N23bn) bribe allegedly disbursed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The money, was allegedly disbursed by Alison-Madueke, through Fidelity Bank, for the bribing of top INEC personnel in order to ensure the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to an EFCC source, the three were picked up based on the statement of ex-Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda. He is said to have confessed last week that he supervised the sharing of N450m among PDP leaders in Zamfara State.
The source said: “Operatives of the EFCC Kano zonal office revealed how the N450m was received by former Zamfara SSG, Aminu Nahuce; and one Mallaha as signatories for the documents securing the release of the money on Bashir Yuguda’s instruction which was shared in his house under his supervision.
“In his statement of admission to the investigators last week, Yuguda, a former Finance Minister under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, indicted the former Governor Shinkafi as a beneficiary of the money.
“Yuguda said in his statement that the ex-governor received N15m while Hassan Nasiha, a former senator and state PDP Chairman of Zamfara State and members of his committee received N5m.”
The source also said that some of those arrested have agreed to return the money. including the Zamfara PDP chairman. He has returned N2m.
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